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What was your path to this job? which law school and did you start as a lawyer and then move? How do you like it?

I'm a lawyer at the RIA. I went to a regional T1 in a major market and found the job on one of the major in-house job postings sites. I will never really enjoy or be passionate about transactional work, so in that regards it's "fine."

8/830-5 every day, never working on weekends, chill office, I'm a 25 yr old with no law school loans or kids, so its not a bad living for me and my dog, esp since cost of living here isn't too bad comparatively to the rest of the country

Anonymous User wrote:Does anybody know if there's a thread similar to this but regarding hourly rates billed instead of income/etc.

I don't guess it necessarily matters, but would be interesting to see billable rates for different practice areas depending on experience level and market.

Third year in a tertiary market making above 160 (and well under 180, let alone 210), billable rates vary widely here (even within individual firms)... "big" law seems to go anywhere from $200s-700s/hour generally in this market, but its not a ladder, really more dependent on practice area than class year... with the vast majority billing at rates below and earning less money than a major market senior associate.

Anonymous User wrote:Does anybody know if there's a thread similar to this but regarding hourly rates billed instead of income/etc.

I don't guess it necessarily matters, but would be interesting to see billable rates for different practice areas depending on experience level and market.

3rd year, very niche practice area / small firm, in a large market (but not NY), with clients all over the country. I made just shy of $200,000 in 2016 (with amazing benefits), and my hourly rate was $290, but has gone up to $320 for 2017.

Anonymous User wrote:1) big market, not NYC2) F500 technology company3) 8 years out (Tier 1)4) $135k + 10-15% bonus5) Most days 9-5, but very often less and less often much more6) Work remote. Nicest part of the job.